Is it too late to plant a potted sunflower?

letteg · 20-10-2011 9:38pm #1

Hi I am a complete newbie to gardening. A child brought in a potted sunflower plant for the class a few wks ago. We watered the plant and kept in in the sunlght for a week or two until it opened out beautifully. Now I would love to plant to sunflower outside but I am wondering is it too cold and will the cold kill it? Or is it possible to transfer it to a bigger pot/container and keep it inside?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

looksee · 20-10-2011 9:50pm

Sunflowers are annuals - you plant them every year and they will not survive the winter. Most of the outdoor sunflowers have already faded for this year. Yours will certainly not survive outside, and I doubt it would survive repotting.

What you can do is keep it till it dies, cut off the head, save some of the seeds to plant in the spring and put the rest out for the birds. If you hang the head outside the window you should get a few brave birds come to take the seeds.

letteg · 20-10-2011 9:55pm

Thanks a million for that advice I will definitely keep it and plant the seeds in spring. Then the child will be pleased with bringing in the sunflower and seeing the results of the sunflower's cycle. I really didnt want to plant it outside and see it die immediately in the cold that would have been a real waste! At least now it can be salvaged in a way! Thank you!:)

paddy147 · 20-10-2011 9:56pm

Simple answer to thread title

YES

Is it too late to plant a potted sunflower?

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